While I understand the desire to say things like VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO in the face of how the Internet handles its political fandom, you’ll do yourself a world of good to just shut up about it. No one’s going to hear you until the primary season is over. I’ve never not voted Democrat in my life. I shouldn’t have to swear allegiance to whoever the party gives me just to satiate your Trump anxiety.Â
What we need to accept is most of the people saying stupid #NeverWhoever shit right now won’t be so diehard once their candidate actually has a chance to lose. Some might stick to their guns, and we’ll need to find a different approach to winning their vote at the time. The appeal of standing by your bullshit convictions fades pretty quickly once the reality of four more years of Trump sinks in, and they get a look at how lackluster third party challengers tend to be. They may not wear the DNC friendship bracelet you really want them to wear, but you’ll have their vote regardless if you just be cool.Â
The mistake those folks are making is assuming the Internet is having a political discussion. It’s a meme party. A food fight on whatever social media platform we’re calling a cafeteria. Facebook isn’t for discussion. It’s a digital front lawn we decorate with stolen flamingos and paraphrased ideas. Nobody’s looking for a debate. We’re looking for agreement, to be told our memes our cool, and to maybe get really famous + rich. Demanding anything more from the Internet during primary season will only birth more trolls than inspire anything productive. Unity can wait until the general.
